Rashid Khan has been appointed as the new captain of Afghanistan after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 debacle.

Rashid Khan has been appointed as the new captain of Afghanistan after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 debacle. The 20-year-old has been the big reason for the success of Afghanistan in international cricket. He is also among the top all-rounders in the world. Asghar Afghan has been named his deputy and will be the vice-captain of the team. Rashid replaced Gulbadin Naib, who had a disastrous World Cup as a skipper. It was not a great World Cup campaign for the Asian minnows as they did not even manage to win one match. It seems like this comes in as a knee-jerk reaction after the poor show at the marquee event.

Afghanistan Cricket Board: Rashid Khan (in file pic) appointed as Team Afghanistan’s new Captain across all three formats while Asghar Afghan appointed as Vice-Captain. pic.twitter.com/CJtOK61RJa— ANI (@ANI) July 12, 2019

Rashid had a disastrous tournament as well, personally. In a game against England, he registered the worst figures in a World Cup game conceding 110 runs from nine overs against hosts England.

This also means that Rashid will lead the side in a one-off Test against Bangladesh in September, followed by a tri-series involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe before a full home series against West Indies – including three T20Is, three ODIs and a one-off Test – in India between November 5 and December 1.